What Works for Women at Work : : Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know / / Rachel Dempsey, Joan C. Williams.

Up-beat, pragmatic, and chock full of advice, What Works for Women at Work is an indispensable guide for working women. An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Will...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • 1. Introduction: It’s Not (Always) Your Fault
  • Part I: Prove-It-Again!
  • 2. Spotting Prove-It-Again! Patterns
  • 3. Prove-It-Again! Action Plan
  • Part II: The Tightrope
  • 4. Spotting Tightrope Patterns
  • 5. Tightrope Action Plan: Neither a Bitch . . .
  • 6. Tightrope Action Plan: . . . Nor a Bimbo
  • Part III: The Maternal Wall
  • 7. Spotting Maternal Wall Patterns
  • 8. Maternal Wall Action Plan
  • Part IV: The Tug of War
  • 9. Spotting Tug of War Patterns
  • 10. Tug of War Action Plan
  • Part V: Double Jeopardy?
  • 11. The Experience of Gender Bias Differs by Race
  • Part VI: Leave or Stay?
  • 12. Leave or Stay? Reading the Tea Leaves
  • 13. Leave or Stay? Don’t Dismay
  • Part VII: 20 Lessons
  • 14. The Science of Savvy in 20 Lessons
  • 15. Conclusion: Jump-Starting the Stalled Gender Revolution
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors